It provides independent verification and validation and assurance about the levels of carbon sequestration from managed woodland and their contribution to climate change mitigation.

Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V)

ISVV derives from the application of IV&V (Independent Verification and Validation) to the software.

Verification and validation often is carried out by a separate group from the development team; in this case, the process is called "independent verification and validation", or IV&V.

Federal Policy Model System Systems Workgroup Training Presentations OCSE Analysts by Tribe Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V)

NASA Independent Verification and Validation Facility, governed by the Goddard Space Flight Center, houses more than 150 full-time employees and more than 20 in-house partners and contractors.

The Independent Verification and Validation Facility (IV&V) in Fairmont, West Virginia was established in 1993 to improve the safety, reliability, and quality of software used in NASA missions.

A - The fundamental purpose of Verification and Validation (V&V) and Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) is to insure that the right processes have been used to build the right system.

Today, independent verification and validation (IV&V) is an Agency-level function, delegated from OSMA to Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) and managed by NASA IV&V.

Thanks to a grant with Fairmont State University, the Independent Verification and Validation Program Educator Resource Center (ERC) provides resources and training opportunities for approximately 1,000-2,000 in-service, pre-service, and informal educators in West Virginia annually.

On September 23, 2011 the NASA Independent Verification and Validation Facility (IV&V) in Fairmont, West Virginia dedicated a NASA software laboratory to the West Virginia native Jon McBride.

The FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services Division is located in Clarksburg, NASA's Independent Verification and Validation Facility in Fairmont, and the U.S. Department of Treasury's Bureau of the Public Debt is located in Parkersburg.